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Question 99331: There are 5 people and 7 chairs. How many possible combinations are there, if each person took only one chair each? I'm really stumped on this one. Please explain your solution. Thanks! Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 5 people and 7 chairs. How many possible combinations are there, if each person took only one chair each? I'm really stumped on this one. Please explain your solution. Thanks!
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You want to know how many ways you can pick 5 out of seven objects.
That would be 7C5 = [7*6]/[1*2] = 21
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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